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. C. NORTON.

WATER PROOF GARMBNT.

Patented 1mg..y 9, 1887;

m S 6 NL n W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

HENRY o. NORTON, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WATER-PROOF GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,921, dated August9, 1887.

' Application filed February 5, 1887. Serial No, 226,640, (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C.l NORTON, of

the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State o"f New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Water- ProofGarments, of which the following is a specification.

f' My invention relates to thosewater-proof coats or other garmentswhich have provision for Ventilating theinterior of the coat through theback. y y

The invention consists in the combination, with the body of awater-proof garment perforated in its upper portion and provided onl itsexterior surface with ribs or projections, of an outer cape exposed onthe exterior of the garment and extending downwardly only sufticientlyto cover the perforations, the said cape resting against the ribs orprojections and forming between it and the bodyva space open atthebottom of the cape for ventilation to the outside atmosphere.

In the accompanying drawings,`Fig`ure 1 is a perspective View of agarment embodying my invention, portions ot' the material being brokenaway to better show the construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical section ofthe garment; and Fig. 3is a horizontal section on the plane of thedotted line w ao, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference designate correspending parts in all thefigures.

A designates the body of the coat or garment, which in its upper portionhas numerous perforations,b; and B is an outer cape covering suchperforated body portion and attached thereto at the top, but freetherefrom at the bottom. The perforations b provide for the ventilationof the garment through the space c, and in Vorder to maintain such space4o open and prevent the cape B from hugging tightly against the body Aone of said parts has upon its surface ribs or projections d. In thisexample of my invention the ribs or projections d are on the body A andthe perforations b are in the channels between said ribs. rIhe ribs dform channels d', ranging upward and downward, as shown in Figs. l and3.

In order to afford still greater provision for free ventilation,I mayform in the outer cape, B, near the top, other perforations, e, whichare protected by a tlap,G,attached at the neck and overlying theperforations c. A portion of this ilap is represented in Fig. 1 asturned up to expose the perforations e.

I am aware thatin a garment having an in ner perforated back said backhas been kept out of contact with the body ol' the garment by ribs orprojections; but with such a con struction any air passing through theperforations must pass under the bottom edge of the long body of thegarment, while with myconstruction the air for ventilation has only topass under the bottom edge of the short outer cape.

lVhat I claim as myinventiou, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is"` The combination, with the body of a waterproof garment perforatedin its upper portion and provided on its exterior surface with ribs orprojections, of an outer cape, B, exposed on the exterior of the garmentand extending downward only sufficiently to cover the perforations, thesaid cape resting against the ribs or projections and forming between itand the body a space open at the bottom of the cape for ventilation totheoutside atmosphere, substantially as herein described.

HENRY o. NORTON.`

lVitnesses:

FREDK. HAYNEs, HENRY J. MOBRIDE.

